Department of Transportation in Arkansas

DOT awards tagged to Arkansas

Department of Transportation as awarding agency, Arkansas as place-of-performance: 2,052 records summing to $3,770,529,338.27. A Department of Transportation award coded outside AR is out. An award in Arkansas from a different awarding agency is out even if the topic sounds related. Arkansas (AR) excludes Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Oklahoma. A Memphis-coded award is TN.

Two thousand fifty-two awards is a mid-count DOT file: more than a few-hundred lab-style cell, fewer than a USDA assistance flood. Unique recipients are unpublished. Do not read 2,052 as 2,052 unique lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities. The overlay Department of Transportation in Arkansas is the both-keys table. Arkansas federal spending is the all-agency state hub. Department of Transportation is the agency book without an AR filter. All spending ties lists other joins.

Little Rock is not a published metro share of $3,770,529,338.27. The join stays statewide. Correlation is not causation: Arkansas did not “cause” $3,770,529,338.27 by existing as a large or small place. Population and outcome scores are not packet facts. The join is 069 × AR only.

Not I-40 folklore or a bridge census

$3,770,529,338.27 does not measure lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities. Those series are not USAspending fields on this aggregate. The cell sums award obligations with awarding-agency code 069 and an AR place-of-performance tag.

Do not treat 2,052 awards as a census of lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities. Parent hubs are supposed to be larger than this pair. If Arkansas federal spending or Department of Transportation matched $3,770,529,338.27 and 2,052, the join would be pointless. Use the overlay when both keys must stay on. Missouri, Tennessee, and Texas DOT joins are other pairs, not addends.

Questions

How much has the Department of Transportation obligated in Arkansas?

USAspending.gov records $3,770,529,338.27 across 2,052 awards with awarding agency 069 and an Arkansas tag. That is an obligation join, not an outlay and not a count of lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities. Department of Transportation in Arkansas is the live overlay for this pair. Keep both keys when quoting $3,770,529,338.27.

Is $3,770,529,338.27 a measure of lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities?

No. The packet publishes $3,770,529,338.27 and 2,052 awards for agency 069 inside AR coding. Those other series are unpublished here. Unique recipients are unpublished. Quote the dollar total and the award count together. Obligations are not outlays.

Why does this DOT file have 2,052 awards?

That is the award-record count for 069 × AR. Combined with $3,770,529,338.27, the average is about $1.84 million. Modifications and repeat instruments add rows. 2,052 is not unique lane-miles, bridge ratings, or traffic fatalities. Later ingests can revise the count. Prefer the overlay if the table moved.

Where is the live table?

Department of Transportation in Arkansas is the overlay. Arkansas federal spending and Department of Transportation are the parents, not addends. All spending ties lists other pairs. Keep both sides of the join when citing $3,770,529,338.27. USAspending.gov is the source. Obligations are not outlays.